Becoming an ‘Adaptive YMCA’ for the 21st Century
World YMCA published a blueprint for the entire YMCA Movement to navigate through and out of the Covid pandemic today,...
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the European non-governmental sector
World YMCA Policy and Advocacy Manager Razvan-Victor Sassu co-authors a piece looking at both the challenges and the opportunities presented...
Two new World YMCA partnerships: health, environment
World YMCA has entered into two new partnership agreements, in two of its four main areas of impact: health and...
Caring for children
At YMCA, we are truly ‘inter-generational’. Our first task is to empower young people, but we also have a lot...
Reimagining new mental wellbeing approaches
How do we respond to young people's mental challenges and expectations today? Even before Covid, young people faced immense pressures, immense...
From needing help to helping others
YMCA Tolima, in Colombia, has developed several activities through its “Mental Health Voluntary Service”. For instance it launched the Psychological...
Providing mental support during Covid-19
Since the beginning of the pandemic, many YMCAs have organised online and face-to-face sessions to address the mental wellbeing of...
YMCAs mark World Mental Health Day 2020
“How are you doing?” In a world disturbed by a global pandemic which has left many people exhausted and anxious, marking...
Going through the pandemic with solidarity and resilience
The Solidarity Fund has supported and continues to support many of our YMCA teams worldwide to adjust to and deal...
World YMCA Secretary General Carlos Sanvee writes for the World Economic Forum Agenda on International Youth Day, 12 August 2020
• Young people's health, education and employment prospects have been adversely affected by COVID-19. • Despite often being blamed for irresponsible...
“You are ‘the future’ AND the present”
The UN theme for International Youth Day 2020 is ‘Youth engagement for global action’. The theme becomes all the more real when...
Jr. NBA Coaches – Online Launch
Following our successful Jr. NBA Camp – Online, we are excited to launch our first ever Jr. NBA Coaching –...